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Dwarf Fortress is an indie game. KSP was an indie game until Take2 bought the game. The expectations for both these games were low. It was a small team working
by xinayder 3y ago
Dwarf Fortress is an indie game. KSP was an indie game until Take2 bought the game.
The expectations for both these games were low. It was a small team working on both of them so we don't expect much, and since they're indie, they are actually gamers like us and like to play their games.
Being bought by a AAA publisher and having billions at their disposal increases the quality expected by unprecedented levels. And they are just showing that they are even worse than the indie team (HarvesteR) that started KSP. And they have budget and can get more personnel if they want.
- Aperocky 3y agoIn a way, this speaks to the power good software engineers hold. You can have hundreds of millions but no match for a small number of software engineers in what they are good and enthusiastic at.
- fragmede 3y agoI think the graphics of Dwarf fortress and Minecraft are why those games were so much cheaper to develop, rather than some romantic story about the triumph of the underdog the vs some big bad empire. Turns out fun is more important to some than graphics. There are plenty of people that tried to play Dwarf fortress and gave up because earlier versions were impenetrable.